Friday Five: essay, sound, question, game, defend



Welcome to this week's Five Word Friday writing prompt. The challenge this week, should you choose to accept it, is to use the following five words: essay, sound, question, game, defend

*****


The sound of feverish pen scratching filled the room as the students answered the last essay question of the term. Sister Mary Francis heaved a sigh of relief. She still had the grading to do but thankfully - she stole a quick look at her watch - in five minutes the bell would ring, and she - and the girls - would be free for summer holiday. Well, not counting games day tomorrow. All the girls and most of the sisters looked forward to that. And, for the second year in a row, the sisters would be defending their title as basketball champions. It didn't hurt that Sister Margarite stood easily 6'3".

Comments

Post a Comment